In honor of this travel/sea-inspired blog and today being Columbus Day, here are some fun facts about the holiday:
1. Alaska, Hawaii, and South Dakota do not celebrate Columbus Day
2. It was not made a national holiday until 1937 by president Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. There are no portraits of what Columbus actually looked like, all of them were made after he died
4. Known as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, this is where Columbus landed on his voyage
5. The Nina and Pinta were not the real name of some of Columbus' ships, the Nina's real name was Santa Clara and it's nickname derived from the ships owner, Juan Nino. The real name of the Pinta is unknown, but translates to "painted one" in Spanish
Sources: http://thehofstrachronicle.com/columbus-day-fun-facts/
http://www.wrightusa.com/blog/some-surprising-columbus-day-fun-facts-figures/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/10/14/christopher-columbus-3-things-you-think-he-did-that-he-didnt/
Monday, October 14, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Difficult Conversation
Family sits down to dinner, there is a a daughter named Mary and her two parents. Mary is a straight A student and her parents think she is perfect, but today she got a speeding ticket and has not told her parents
Mom: How was your day Mary? Did you get any tests back?
Mary: (chuckles nervously) yep, I got a 95 on my science quiz
Dad: That's my girl, you couldn't do something wrong if you tried
Mom: Hows your new car doing?
Mary: Well its funny you say that-
Dad: (cuts her off) I am so glad we can trust you with your own car, I heard Billy across the street got a speeding ticket the other day
Mary: Well speeding tickets aren't that bad, right? I mean I'm sure Billy would never break the law on purpose or ever want to disappoint his parents
Mom: Well I guess so, but his parents were pretty mad and took away his car; I know I would do the same thing
Mary: But I mean if it was an accident he can't help it, sometimes bad things just happen to people
Dad: Alright, I know whats going on here. You didn't really get a 95, did you? Don't worry honey, I guess I won't get mad over one A-
Mary: Dad! I swear I got that grade! But like we were talking about cars before... I saw a police man when I was coming home from school today
Mom: Ha! It was probably the one that pulled Billy over
Dad: (laughs)
Mary: Well I talked to the police officer for a little while, he seemed nice
Mom: Why would you be talking to this police officer?
Mary: (puts speeding ticket on table)
Dad: WHAT is this?!
Mary: The same thing that Billy got
Mom: How could you?! We told you to be safe and responsible!
Dad: What happened
Mary: I was speeding
Mom: Well ma'am, we are going to need to talk about this, it isn't like you to do anything wrong! It's a good thing you do well in school, otherwise we would have more troubles on our hands
Dad: I am disappointed, go upstairs and your mother and I will talk about what to do with this
(end dialect)
Mom: How was your day Mary? Did you get any tests back?
Mary: (chuckles nervously) yep, I got a 95 on my science quiz
Dad: That's my girl, you couldn't do something wrong if you tried
Mom: Hows your new car doing?
Mary: Well its funny you say that-
Dad: (cuts her off) I am so glad we can trust you with your own car, I heard Billy across the street got a speeding ticket the other day
Mary: Well speeding tickets aren't that bad, right? I mean I'm sure Billy would never break the law on purpose or ever want to disappoint his parents
Mom: Well I guess so, but his parents were pretty mad and took away his car; I know I would do the same thing
Mary: But I mean if it was an accident he can't help it, sometimes bad things just happen to people
Dad: Alright, I know whats going on here. You didn't really get a 95, did you? Don't worry honey, I guess I won't get mad over one A-
Mary: Dad! I swear I got that grade! But like we were talking about cars before... I saw a police man when I was coming home from school today
Mom: Ha! It was probably the one that pulled Billy over
Dad: (laughs)
Mary: Well I talked to the police officer for a little while, he seemed nice
Mom: Why would you be talking to this police officer?
Mary: (puts speeding ticket on table)
Dad: WHAT is this?!
Mary: The same thing that Billy got
Mom: How could you?! We told you to be safe and responsible!
Dad: What happened
Mary: I was speeding
Mom: Well ma'am, we are going to need to talk about this, it isn't like you to do anything wrong! It's a good thing you do well in school, otherwise we would have more troubles on our hands
Dad: I am disappointed, go upstairs and your mother and I will talk about what to do with this
(end dialect)
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